A POSSIBLE CONTENDER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR SAYS HE WON’T BE RUNNING FOR THE STATE’S TOP JOB. INSTEAD, HECTOR BALDERAS SAYS HE’LL SEEK A SECOND TERM AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.
POLITICAL ANALYST JOE MONAHAN SAYS BALDERAS CAN ALWAYS RUN FOR HIGHER OFFICE IN THE FUTURE. MONAHAN SAYS BALDERAS MAY HAVE HIS EYE ON HIGHER POLITICAL OFFICE AT A LATER DATE FROM A U-S SENATE SEAT TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE. MONAHAN SAYS BALDERAS HAS TIME.
MONAHAN TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB BALDERAS WAS SEEN AS A POSSIBLE CHIEF RIVAL TO CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM…AND HIS DECIDING NOT TO RUN BOOSTS HER CANDIDACY.
